In recent times, the economic landscape has presented an array of challenges that have profoundly affected the business community. Some of the most significant challenges include soaring inflation rates, escalating interest rates, looming fears of a recession, and a tangible decrease in revenues for many sectors…
On 19 March, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) became the last central bank to lift its interest rates out of negative numbers. The key rate had been at -0.1 percent since January 2016.
Inflated prices, emptied savings accounts, and high credit card debt seem to be continuing to persuade U.S. shoppers to curb their free-spending ways.
In February, 9.5 percent more U.S. homes sold than in January, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported. Although sales were down 3.3 percent year on year, February this year marked the largest monthly jump since February 2023.
So far this year, 29 corporations have defaulted on their debts, more than in any similar period since 2009 during the Great Recession when 36 corporations failed to pay. Inflation, high interest rates, rising wages, and sluggish consumer demand are to blame, according to S&P.
In February, consumers paid 3.2 percent more for goods and services than they did a year earlier and 0.4 percent more than in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported last week.
Prices inflated by 2.6 percent in February across the 20-country Eurozone, slipping from January’s 2.8 percent and coming closer to the European Central Bank’s (ECB’s) 2-percent target.
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPIB) was one of the earliest pension funds to put money into commercial real estate, inspiring others around the world to do the same.
In recent times, the economic landscape has presented an array of challenges that have profoundly affected the business community. Some of the most significant challenges include soaring inflation rates, escalating interest rates, looming fears of a recession, and a tangible decrease in revenues for many sectors…
U.S. credit card companies have raised their interest rates an average of 4.3 percentage points over the last 10 years, which is allowing them to collect an additional $25 billion a year from cardholders, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has calculated.